Mr. George Toles
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Manitoba
Election Year
2010
Academy
Académie des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada
Discipline
Arts
Department
Department of English, Film and Theatre
Keywords
Film, American and European literature
Toles, George - Arts - University of Manitoba
George Toles is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Film at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of A House Made of Light: Essays on the Art of Film. For twenty five years, he has been the screenwriting collaborator of Canadian filmmaker, Guy Maddin. He has recently written an original screenplay for Guy's latest feature film, Keyhole (2011), which has just finished shooting. He also wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay for Canada's first stop-motion animated film, Edison and Leo.
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Toles, George - Arts - University of Manitoba
George Toles, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, Film and Theatre at the University of Manitoba is an extraordinarily accomplished scholar and artist who has established an international reputation for both his critical and his creative work. As the long-time scriptwriter for director Guy Maddin, he has helped shape one of the most innovative and highly-praised bodies of work in recent Canadian film; he is also one of the most important voices in contemporary film criticism. His work on film has been commissioned by editors working with major international presses, including Oxford and Routledge. His scholarly work, which includes studies of British and American literature from the nineteenth century to the present as well as film criticism, consistently reaches beyond the academy to demonstrate the importance of arts and culture to the larger society.
George Toles is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Film at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of A House Made of Light: Essays on the Art of Film. For twenty five years, he has been the screenwriting collaborator of Canadian filmmaker, Guy Maddin. He has recently written an original screenplay for Guy's latest feature film, Keyhole (2011), which has just finished shooting. He also wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay for Canada's first stop-motion animated film, Edison and Leo.
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Toles, George - Arts - University of Manitoba
George Toles, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, Film and Theatre at the University of Manitoba is an extraordinarily accomplished scholar and artist who has established an international reputation for both his critical and his creative work. As the long-time scriptwriter for director Guy Maddin, he has helped shape one of the most innovative and highly-praised bodies of work in recent Canadian film; he is also one of the most important voices in contemporary film criticism. His work on film has been commissioned by editors working with major international presses, including Oxford and Routledge. His scholarly work, which includes studies of British and American literature from the nineteenth century to the present as well as film criticism, consistently reaches beyond the academy to demonstrate the importance of arts and culture to the larger society.
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